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March 26, 1935. Q G, STONE ET AL v 1,995,655

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Filed April 25, 1931 har/es s one Patented Mar. 26, 1935 PATENT OFFICEBOX Charles G. Stone and Jerry G. Stone,

New Cumberland, Pa.

Application April 23, 1931, Serial No. 532,334

1 Claim.

This invention relates to boxes, and more particularly to improvementsin boxes which shall be especially suitable for packing, storing andshipping cigars and any other commodities requiring alight and rigid boxof this type.

One of the necessary requisites for a satisfactory cigar box is that itshall have rigid and sharply defined plane inside dimensions tofacilitate packing cigars in the box and definite sharp or plane outsidedimensions so that the boxes may be properly packed or stacked, as wellunderstood in the art. Boxes composed entirely of wood are frequentlyunsatisfactory because they become warped due to improper seasoning ofthe wood and thus cause considerable difficulty in properly packing orstacking the boxes. To overcome this disadvantage of warping, there havebeen proposed various types and constructions of fibre composition boxescontemplated to replace the present-day rectangular wooden cigar box,for example. These substitutes have been unsuccessful because fibreboxes do not possess the desired rigidity for packing the cigars in thebox or retaining the plane outside dimensions necessary for storing orstacking the boxes.

One of the objects of the present invention is to provide an improvedbox construction, and this object is accomplished by employing a novelcombination of Wood and fibre walls.

Another object of the invention is to provide .a box of the characterdesignated which shall possess the desired rigidity and plane dimensionsand retainthese qualities under all conditions to which the box may besubjected.

A further object of the invention is to provide a box of the characterdesignated which shall be light and durable in construction and in whichthe manufacturing costs shall be reduced to a minimum.

These and other objects of the invention will be more manifest from thefollowing specification and specifically set forth in the claim.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a box constructed in accordance with thepresent invention;

Fig. 2 is a perspective view of the paper board blank;

Fig. 3 is a sectional view on line 3-3 of Fig. 1; and

Fig.4 is an enlarged fragmentary view, showing the novel cornerconstruction.

Referring to Fig. 1 of the drawing, there is shown a box 10 constructedin accordance with the present invention which is particularly designedto accommodate cigars for packing, shipping, storage or displaypurposes.

The box is of the usual rectangular shape and comprises a top 11, ends12 and 13, front 14, back 15 and a bottom 16 assembled to form a rigid 5structure. The box is constructed in a novel manner from wood and paperboard parts as hereinafter described. The bottom 16 and ends 12 and 13are made from a single blank, as shown in Fig. 2. This blank is of heavypaper board, 10 scored on line 17-17 so that portions 12 and 13 may bebent upward to form the ends of the box. The front and back sides 14 and15 are wood of the conventional kind used in making cigar boxes of thistype.

In the present construction the desired rigidity is effected by securingthe front and rear bottom edges to the bottom by nails or brads 18passing through the paper board and into the wooden sides. When theedges 17-17 are scored 20 and the ends bent upward as indicated in Figs.2,

3 and 4, a rectangular space is formed at the bottom end edges and. thisspace is filled by a laterally extending filler strip 19. This strip maybe of any suitable material to reinforce the 25 edges and provide arigid corner in the plane of the box sides. Whichever form of strip isused, the edges are glued or otherwise secured to the adjacent surfacesof the bottom and end sections. The edges of the box may be covered by30 a binding strip 20 of paper or fabric, if desired,

to make the box air-tight or add to the appearance of the same. The lidis provided with a hinge 21 of flexible material and the ends 12 and 13extend above the sides, as indicated at 12' and 13', so as to provide atop plane surface, as well understood in the art.

By partially scoring the edge 17 of the paper board blank, as shown inFigs. 2 and 4, the inside lining indicated at 22 is unbroken and servesto hold the parts during assembly and also form a tight permanentconnection between the ends and bottom and also add to the rigidity ofthe box. The insert strip 19 provides the desired sharp, rigid corneredge, which is a very desirable feature in cigar box construction, tofacilitate handling and storing the boxes. If desired, the inside of thebox may be provided with another lining which shall entirely cover thebottom ends and side walls. I

From the above construction it will be noted that the front and rearedges of the box are supported and secured by the rigid wooden sidewalls and thereby insure maximum rigidity to the box. By making the top,bottom and connecting 5 end pieces of paper board any tendency for thebox to become warped is reduced to a minimum.

Another important feature of this construc tion is that it permits thesides, ends and bottom parts to be securely nailed in place by brads 18which pass through the paper board elements into the wooded sideelements adjacent thereto. This construction enables the box to obtainall the desirable features of a nailed wooden box and the added ieaturesof a combined wooden and paper board box. Furthermore, a box constructedin the above manner provides a superior article in which themanufacturing costs are reduced to a minimum.

What is claimed is:

As a new article of manufacture, a cigar box and the packing of theboxes together, and a binder strip covering the filler strip and theadjacent portions of the bottom and side walls.

CHARLES G. STONE. JERRY G. STONE.

